I couldn't get the post shared on facebook, neither could I access facebook yesterday, if you sent birthday greeting many thanks perhaps they'll pop up today. . I've got more work done on the dioramas and I'm just getting the DVD orders ready to go out and fingers crossed that I can get out filming tomorrow. I was really suffering yesterday evening but at least I'm a bit more alive and just about looking forward to Sunday roast at The Crown.Meanwhile lets look at Brixton from the London trip last weekend. A shame I couldn't get to Guildford but with my health being dodgy perhaps it was for the best. Although it was an irritation not being able to get to the Guildford Safeguard day there is always a mountain of work to be done at home. I'm well into editing the films I took in London last weekend and also mulling over my next archive project and also where I'll be able to film this coming week with dentist Tuesday and annual blood test on Wednesday. Meanwhile thanks to all for your myriad birthday wishes and here are some more shots from the London trip. I don't really think there can be anything like a jinx but several experiences trying to help a particular chap always seems to end up causing me grief. I suppose I should say no in the first place then I wouldn't bring these problems upon myself but I always like to help when I can. Anyway at least I'll be home for my birthday tomorrow as it was going to be impossible to reach Guildford. I couldn't believe it with just 12 hours to go they announce today that they are blocking off the whole section of the M25 around London and getting to Guildford would most likely end in many hours of gridlock. Why not announce these ground breaking decisions in advance, 12 hours is crazy. They say use the train, typical London centric view of the world . So I'm still trying after a day to get the first of the London films edited, all the covers are done and are waiting. After deleting everything that related to my help for a another I've got my fingers crossed and it all seems to be going more as normal. If so I'll have a long session on my birthday getting them cleared. Meanwhile some more shots from the trip. Another taster for films to be completed in the next few days. Today we were at the Polio Fellowship meeting at Ellesmere Port , including hair cut, buy bird food, shopping at M&S, frustration at M&S so had coffee and cake at outlet centre. Not many at the meeting, our tiny membership only needs holidays, hospital appointments to slash the numbers but good company for all that. The Siskins are still on the feeders, no sign of them returning north as yet. Done a bit more work on my earliest diorama which is getting a bit of sparkle happening in a post war austerity landscape. Anyway it is pub night so quickly on to more films coming.
IT was one of those days when you feel like the conjuror in the old days spinning around plates on top of stick, a fruitful day and Mandy got caught up on all the banking and shopping etc, we need to be ahead as its our Polio Fellowship meeting tomorrow at Ellesmere Port, I usually get my hair cut and top up on bird food etc plus do the main weekly shop in M&S. Today I managed to get all the covers for the last 111 DVDs done and printed. Not that any of the London films are actually edited, thats the next big job. I've also been transferring some OTA film files to me external drives in readiness of new releases and trailers for the OTA web site. I've also made a lot of progress with the earliest section of my dioramas, this is the immediate post war period mostly based on and around London buses, Trams and trolleys, well thats another story. So mean while I can show you what is on its way very soon via the DVD covers.
I've cleared all the DVD orders, obviously anyone who ordered downloads got those straight away, another splendid reason to go to download. I helped one of our older customers to convert and he got it up and running on his smart TV first try, you just create a place ( folder) and pop the files sent in the folder. You can do this on a memory stick and plug that straight into the TV and bingo you are watching it, cheaper, HD, less space and instant. Here is the next port of call at Stratford, all the films are on the updated PMP list . I think I have probably got enough material for 9 films on London, at least I have a plethora of photos to decorate my blogs with all week. So here we go the first session was on Saturday which started at Walthamstowe. iThe disc producer is away with Epson at huge expense to get fixed, I ordered 300 blank printed discs externally which should have been here early this week but the payment never went through their processor. I thought I'd paid but they have shown that there was some system error, a pity they never told me. So they'll arrive tomorrow but I'm in London filming for three days so they'll go out on Tuesday and then all should be well, fingers crossed the machine gets back fixed for the shed load of money its cost plus the cost of someone printing the discs, this isn't even the latest design but a 25 yr old version. I've got the Nottingham and Derby films edited and clips are on Youtube. I really will get cracking with the DVD photo discs, meanwhile trucks in Malta, why not! Next blog Monday night. I have finished cleaning up after some household spring leaning around the windows and finished off the grout on the wet room shower floor. Just running through some old VHS tapes I picked up, some good some rubbish. Remember I'm away in London filming from Saturday to Monday, I will be around tomorrow Friday. Still waiting for the printed DVD discs, bound to arrive when I'm in Shrewsbury or London, I have a sprinkling of orders waiting from the last film outing. I'm just starting on the Nottingham and Derby films here are some shots from Derby yesterday. This arrived when I was filming Unibus, parked really wrong for photography , this was taken through bus station window
It was slightly misty in Nottingham this morning and later in Derby more sunshine but again it was slightly subdued sun. Lets just relish what we saw because of course that is what we've seen. |
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